Stefani Stefani “Come on, come on, come ON!” I held down the horn as I raced past another red light. I’d never broken so many traffic laws in my life. I’d barely managed to get Velik’s legs into the car. God, he was heavy. But I did it. I had no idea what was wrong with him, but I couldn’t exactly take him to a human hospital. Here’s a three hundred pound alien, doc. Fix him up. Here’s a three hundred pound alien, doc. Fix him up.No. His only chance was the processing center. They had ReGen tech there and doctors who knew how to treat a Warlord without killing him. And it wasn’t that far now. Velik’s silence pushed me close to a pure panic. I turned on the radio so I would be able to finish the drive. Without the noise I would have spent every second of the drive listening to see if I

